Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Paudorf, Dunkelstein Forest, Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 231043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paudorf, Dunkelstein Forest, Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Meidling

Latitude: 48°20'30"N
Longitude: 15°37'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.341666666667,15.624722222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Calcite Clay Dumortierite Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	20862	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	20862	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	20862	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	20862	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	20862	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	20862	3902
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	20862	231
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	20862	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	20862	1188
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	20862	407
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	20862	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	20862	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	20862	4924
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	20862	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	20862	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	20862	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	20862	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	20862	1516
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	20861	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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